From color-changing skin to jet-propelled motion, squid and cuttlefish have long fascinated scientists. To understand the ...

A new study published in Nature Ecology & Evolution connects plant and insect physiology, chemical ecology, molecular function, and evolutionary analysis to offer a new perspective on plant–insect ...

Program in Ecology and Evolution Faculty & Emeritus represent many different departments and offer diverse expertise and interests, but all share a core commitment to research and graduate training in ...

Sea snakes exemplify a unique evolutionary transition from terrestrial to fully marine lifestyles. Their morphology, physiology and behaviour display a suite of adaptations that enable survival in ...

Evolutionary ecology encompasses the study of how evolutionary processes―such as natural selection, mutation, and genetic drift―interact with ecological dynamics to shape the diversity, distribution, ...

New research is significantly revising a widely cited evolutionary model, the Inhibitory Cascade Mode (ICM). Benjamin Auerbach, professor in the Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology at the ...

"Evolutionary Community Ecology develops a unified framework for understanding the structure of ecological communities and the dynamics of natural selection that shape the evolution of the species ...

pt. 1. Reproductive biology and life history. Gonads, genitals, and reproductive biology / Hartmut Greven ; Matrotrophy / Edie Marsh-Matthews ; Variation and evolution of reproductive strategies / ...

Evolution rarely hits delete. Instead, it leaves behind living relics built for animals that no longer exist. Avocados are one of them.

A decades-long mystery surrounding the origins of the world’s most widely cultivated “magic mushroom” – Psilocybe cubensis – may finally be settled. New research suggests its evolutionary story is far ...

Program in Ecology & Evolution (PiEE) is a program, not a department; therefore, all PiEE students must be approved by a home department (Zoology and Physiology, Ecosystem Science and Management, ...